Kobe Bryant Discussion: Mamba Out!

Yup cow tongue is delicious, you can pretty much use it like any other piece of beef (though textures might be off). Stir fried with a nice sauce and some veggies, yum. Unfortunately it looked like they just boiled the damn thing.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/art-of-sport-kobe-bryant-skin-care-review
Kobe's new line of cosmetics is making him money, really GOAT

 

Only time Kobe intentionally tanked

 

^ can't say I blame him. Kobe always shoots.

 

Poetry in motion

 

Not only Game 6, but the whole series. Kobe was out of this world for the whole series. That Suns team was playing great with their veteran team that made the Suns staff so famous at keeping guys healthy. Their offense was probably not as good as it was when Nash was winning MVPs (which he didn't deserve, but he was an outstanding player), but for once, under Gentry, the Suns were playing defense... but Kobe just went and ripped their heart.

Actually, those whole 2010 Playoffs were quite a story the numbers may not really show. I remember Kobe started those Playoffs in state than only Kobe Bryant would play. His knee was dead, so to speak, and of course he had his broken finger. At this point he was kinda used to his broken finger, but the knee was problem. I remember he was barely playing against the Thunder, barely managing to score over 10 points and struggling to stay on the court. He then had his knee drained and he just went on a rampage and completely dominated during the Playoffs, sure, putting numbers and such, but most importantly, making tough shot after tough shot dismantling defenses and playing some pretty damn good defense himself on the other side.

And it's been almost 10 years since that... time sure does fly.

 

Kobe’s game was not as efficient, but such diverse skills and huge balls to go with it. Most covered/defended star in NBA history that also got very little love from the refs.

 

Look at the defenders draped all over him for most of those shots. So beautiful watching a player with an actual intent to shoot instead of drawing contact to deceive refs. He could have thrown himself into those defenders every time. Contrast that with harden. Do you ever see defenders that close to him while honestly shooting rather than flailing into them? His sick game winning 3 pointer against GSW earlier this year is an exception.

 

Harden's like the guy that finds the glitch in a video game and just exploits it relentlessly. It's technically legal, but nobody wants to watch someone get 50 like that.

 

Current generation of analytics nuthuggers would probably just point to Kobe's 40% shooting from the field in the finals and the ugly game 7 shooting performance. This is why I hate purely stats driven arguments. So obvious to anyone who watched the playoffs how unreal Kobe was.

 

I might watch the WNBA to see Kobe’s seed play actually. His daughter (12) team just won an under 16 tournament apparently.

 

I want a recount on that Top Poster of the Montha rookie padding his stats to earn some cred...it should be quality rather than quantity

 

That is extremely impressive play from a 12 year old girl (and team). Very fundamentally sound. I saw some solid offensive execution in those clips. Drive and dish. Facilitate from the post. Kobe should come coach the Lakers, lol. I kid, though.

 

Dat jab step.

 

Kobe might as well nickname her Smush.